In the fall of 1895, while the National Conven- 
tion of the S. P. C. A. was in session in Cleveland, 
a group of people stood in the assembly room one 
day discussing “ Black Beauty ” and “ Beautiful 
Joe.” One expressed the hope that as the horse 
and the dog had now secured a public hearing, 
some one would be willing to undertake the same 
for the cat. That same evening “Pussy Meow” 
began writing her story. Its only object is to 
breathe out the joys, the sorrows and the longings 
of a misunderstood and much maligned fellow- 
creature, and to secure for her the consideration 
which humanity owes to the dumb. 
Cleveland , O., /go/. 
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